Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk,[a] but not with wine;
they stagger,[b] but not with beer.(A)
10 For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to[c] sleep;(B)
he has shut your eyes (the prophets)
and covered your heads (the seers).(C)

11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.(D) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,[d] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” 12 And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,[e] he will say, “I can’t read.”

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Footnotes

  1. 29:9 LXX, Tg, Vg read Be drunk
  2. 29:9 Tg, Vg read wine; stagger
  3. 29:10 Lit you a spirit of
  4. 29:11 Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
  5. 29:12 Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”

Be astounded and stunned;
    blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk but not from wine;
    stagger but not from strong drink!(A)
10 For the Lord has poured out upon you
    a spirit of deep sleep;
he has closed your eyes (the prophets)
    and covered your heads (the seers).(B)

11 The vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to those who can read with the command, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot, for it is sealed.”(C) 12 And if it is given to those who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot read.”

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